Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk is a pro-Trump troll and founder of the conservative student-oriented Turning Point USA. He has a history of pushing right-wing hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

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Meet Charlie Kirk, The “Boy Wonder” Trump Ally Behind A Poorly Sourced McCarthy-Like Watchlist Of Professors

12/02/16 11:32 AM EST
Trump elevated Charlie Kirk's false claim about French protesters chanting his name. That never happened.

12/04/18 3:58 PM EST
The perfectly incoherent Trumpism of Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield

10/12/18 8:45 AM EDT

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Charlie Kirk: President Joe Biden “should be in Gitmo”

10/27/23 3:56 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk on the mass shooting in Maine: “You need to be armed, you need to be prepared to defend yourself and your family”

10/26/23 1:26 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk endorses “patriot” Rep. Mike Johnson for House Speaker

10/25/23 2:06 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk on Rep. Tom Emmer's speakership bid: “Hopefully that can be stopped”

10/24/23 1:56 PM EDT
Breitbart's Matthew Boyle: “There's two pathways here: Jim Jordan becomes the Speaker of the House or there is going to be a massive civil war inside the Republican Party”

10/20/23 2:05 PM EDT
Media Matters weekly newsletter, October 20

10/20/23 12:10 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk on House GOP dysfunction: “The Republican Party is completely incapable of governing right now”

10/18/23 1:41 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk attacks Republicans over chaotic House speaker vote: “This is a total disaster”

10/18/23 1:38 PM EDT
Amid scandal over Turning Point USA’s spending, Charlie Kirk is under fire from the right

10/17/23 4:08 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk attacks “petty” and “juvenile” Republicans who opposed Jim Jordan in the first round of the speaker vote

10/17/23 2:31 PM EDT
Right-wing media fearmongered about a “day of jihad” coming to the US despite a lack of evidence

10/16/23 3:32 PM EDT
Right-wing media are pushing bigoted rhetoric toward Muslims — including Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar — after recent Hamas attacks

10/13/23 1:38 PM EDT

Featured

Meet Charlie Kirk, The “Boy Wonder” Trump Ally Behind A Poorly Sourced McCarthy-Like Watchlist Of Professors

Trump elevated Charlie Kirk's false claim about French protesters chanting his name. That never happened.

The perfectly incoherent Trumpism of Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield

The Latest

Charlie Kirk: President Joe Biden “should be in Gitmo”

Charlie Kirk on the mass shooting in Maine: “You need to be armed, you need to be prepared to defend yourself and your family”

Charlie Kirk endorses “patriot” Rep. Mike Johnson for House Speaker

Charlie Kirk on Rep. Tom Emmer's speakership bid: “Hopefully that can be stopped”

Breitbart's Matthew Boyle: “There's two pathways here: Jim Jordan becomes the Speaker of the House or there is going to be a massive civil war inside the Republican Party”

Media Matters weekly newsletter, October 20

Charlie Kirk on House GOP dysfunction: “The Republican Party is completely incapable of governing right now”

Charlie Kirk attacks Republicans over chaotic House speaker vote: “This is a total disaster”

Amid scandal over Turning Point USA’s spending, Charlie Kirk is under fire from the right

Charlie Kirk attacks “petty” and “juvenile” Republicans who opposed Jim Jordan in the first round of the speaker vote

Right-wing media fearmongered about a “day of jihad” coming to the US despite a lack of evidence

Right-wing media are pushing bigoted rhetoric toward Muslims — including Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar — after recent Hamas attacks